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Color change Scheelite from Dongshan, China

Scheelite typically fluoresces a bright, whitish blue. Those from the Dongshan Mine, Hunan, China fluoresce pink under mid-wave light as well as the whitish blue under shortwave. This piece also has fluorite (blue), calcite (whiteish), and quartz. Images are MW, SW, LW and natural.

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